Editors
Willem F. Wolkers
Unit for Reproductive Medicine—
Clinic for Horses
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Biostabilization Laboratory—Lower Saxony
Centre for Biomedical Engineering
Implant Research and Development
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Harrie ¨tte Oldenhof
Unit for Reproductive Medicine—
Clinic for Horses
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Hannover, Germany
ISSN 1064-3745
ISSN 1940-6029 (electronic)
Methods in Molecular Biology
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Willem F. Wolkers
Unit for Reproductive Medicine—
Clinic for Horses
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Biostabilization Laboratory—Lower Saxony
Centre for Biomedical Engineering
Implant Research and Development
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Harrie ¨tte Oldenhof
Unit for Reproductive Medicine—
Clinic for Horses
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Hannover, Germany
ISSN 1064-3745
ISSN 1940-6029 (electronic)
Methods in Molecular Biology
ISBN 978-1-0716-0782-4
ISBN 978-1-0716-0783-1 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0783-1
© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2015, 2021, Corrected Publication 2021
1st edition: © Humana Press Inc., 1995
2nd edition: © Humana Press Inc., 2007
Chapter “Freezing Technology: Control of Freezing, Thawing, and Ice Nucleation” is licensed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). For
further details see license information in the chapter.
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